EntreArchitect

MARCH 10, 2023

In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. He canceled the presentation and our community missed an opportunity to hear his story. Gene inspired me that day. May God bless A.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard one-page resume to every architecture firm in the New York metropolitan area. There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In a few short years, I evolved from being a junior architecture staff working for everyone else to a licensed architect with interns and junior staff suddenly reporting to me. In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. Allow interns to use the plotter and copier for school projects.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 10, 2016

Architects – Getting Your First Job Getting your first job in an architecture school is more about who you are than what you can do. I thought I would put together some basics tips and strategies that might help you find the perfect firm for you. Maybe you shouldn’t be in architecture school … you don’t have what it takes.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In a few short years, I evolved from being a junior architecture staff working for everyone else to a licensed architect with interns and junior staff suddenly reporting to me. In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important. Which are a dime a dozen.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

This past December I was invited to speak at AIAS Forum 2013; the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. While we waited for the airports to open, I had the opportunity to speak in length with many of the architecture students in attendance. Be unique in your approach and presentation.

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